This guide addresses how to develop an eBay selling application. It covers the following high-level topics:
- Developing an eBay selling application
- Configuring eBay seller accounts using the Account API
- Using the Taxonomy API to:
- Determine the category in which to list or promote an item
- Discover the required and optional aspects to include in the listing
- Retrieving eBay marketplace details and policies that help you list items using the Metadata API
- Using the Catalog API to match eBay catalog products to seller inventory
- Using the Inventory API to:
- Add items to the seller's inventory
- Create item listings from the seller's inventory
- Manage the items in the seller's inventory
- Creating draft listings on eBay for your seller using the Listing API
- Marketing a seller's inventory using the Marketing API
- Determining which items are good candidates for a Promoted Listings campaign with the Recommendation API
- Reaching out to buys with discount offers using the Negotiation API
- Handling order shipping using the Fulfillment API
- Using the Feed API to:
- Generate and retrieve order reports
- Generate and retrieve seller data metrics reports for supported service metrics
- Create a schedule (based off of a template) that periodically generates reports
- Growing your business using the seller data retrieved with the Analytics API